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Editing Layout Definitions

Overview

When editing layout definitions, you must use the model elements as defined in the repository metamodel. As a result, layout definitions become read-only when the Business Names feature is active. If you want to edit layouts and a business name definition currently applies, deactivate it before you connect to the repository.

The Layout Manager enables you to create or customize layouts for query result views. Each display layout can be used for these purposes:

As the default view for queries. For more information about the default views that are specified in query definitions, see the topic Editing Query Definitions.
For generating a new view for any type of graphic or XRef representation of query results.
When exporting a cross-reference table to a CSV file, a custom layout enables you to specify the information to export (for example, object attributes or links between objects).

You also can use layouts to define report templates (for more information, see the topic Generating Reports).

Defining the layout consists of choosing a display type (layout template) and specifying parameters to adjust result views to meet you specific needs.

This table lists all the available layout types:

Layout Type	Description
ADU JCL Layout Type	Specific to objects resulting from parsing based on the ADU model. Especially suited for the standard query JCL Flowchart Graph.
ADU Program Flowchart Layout Type	Specific to objects resulting from parsing based on the ADU model. Especially suited for the standard query Program Flowchart Graph.
All References Layout	Defines the display layout for the All References function. This layout is only available when using the All References function.
Bar Chart Layout Type	Displays a mono- or multi-column histogram of numeric data or object counts retrieved from the repository by an appropriate query.
Dependency Layout	Displays downward dependencies dynamically. Better suited for displaying the dependencies of a given object rather than the results of a query. When using this layout as the default view for queries, you retain the capability of exploring objects through any link, regardless of query definitions and results.
Dial Chart Layout Type	Displays a numeric value of an APM (for example, metrics value) in a dial chart.
Gantt chart	Displays, in a time table, the repository objects that have start, end, and duration attributes.
History Layout Type	Displays historical data either in a table or a chart. This layout is available only contextually to a single object of the type that has been defined as the impacted object type for the Snapshot feature. For more information about the Snapshot feature, see the topic Snapshots.
Horizontal PERT Graph	Displays graphically the hierarchical structure between objects, with horizontal links.
Lineage Layout Type	Displays the result of a data lineage in a graph.
List Layout	Displays all the objects that result from a query in a flat list. When these objects are of various types, they are grouped by object class.
Network Layout Type	Displays a graph type representation of query results. You can show/hide links and objects in the results graphic model.
Pie Chart Layout Type	Displays a pie chart of query results.
Radar Chart Layout Type	Displays a radar chart for comparing objects on the basis of multiple criteria.
Scatter Plot Layout Type	Displays an XY scatter plot layout of query results.
Screen Layout Type	Displays the MAP screen that is defined in the source file.
Source Layout	Enables you to retrieve source code lines in addition to the source location of an object. The contents are displayed in a spreadsheet.
Tabular Layout Type	Displays a spreadsheet-style report. The Tabular Layout Type is notably used to design an impact analysis report. For more information about the Impact Analysis feature, see the topic Reports and Files.
Tree Layout	Represents the hierarchical structure between objects in a tree diagram. The initial view displays only the root objects from which users can easily expand the tree structure. This is the default layout.
UML Class Diagram	Displays a UML Class diagram by dynamically retrieving all required information and the dependencies.
Vertical PERT Graph	Displays graphically the hierarchical structure between objects, with vertical links.
XRef table	Displays objects and links in a table of cross-references.

For examples of the use of layouts, see the topic Examples of Layout Types.